ECOLOGGERS:
Thanks for the TON of responses I got to my question about GIS layers
that contains coverages for all protected regions in North America.
Below are the responses I got:
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Hi Jonathan - funny you should ask! We just finished our second draft of
the North American Protected Areas Atlas. The shapefile is available on
the CEC (Commission for Environmental Cooperation) website. But, we just
had a meeting of all the players here and have made a few changes. V3
should be out in a couple of months.
You've probably come accross the CBI PAD3; they are about to release
PADUS, which is a much more comprehensive database, that we will
integrate into V3 of the NAPAA.
NAPAA also includes an integration of WDPA data (much coarser in scale).
Let us know how we can assist. Also, if you don't mind, I'm curious as
to what you'd be using it for.
Thanks - Rob
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You might want to try asking around within the USGS GAP program. They
maintain a variety of GIS layers, from vegetation, to wildlife, to
protected areas... called the 'stewardship layer'.
I'm not sure what the status is on the California map, but someone in
that region ought to know when they last updated that particular piece
of information.
Best of luck,
Emilie Grossmann
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Jonathan,
The World Database of Protected Areas might cover it:
http://www.wdpa.org/Default.aspx
Mark
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Jonathan,
Try the GAP program of USGS - they've assembled maps of protected areas
across the nation. You might have to get individual state or regions'
data and put it together, but hopefully national GAP has something
already combined.
Cheers,
Stacy McNulty
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The Conservation Biology Institute has a Protected Areas Database that
shows the GAP status for nationally protected areas in federal, state,
local, and private land protection categories. Its available at
http://www.consbio.org/what-we-do/protected-areas-database-pad-version-4
and uses data from 2006 I think. Alternately, many state agencies such
as the VA DCR and Florida FWC have protected area GIS files so its worth
checking for state based records as well.
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For national parks you can go to
http://www.nps.gov/gis/data_info/index.html
Select National Data from under the map.
They have a shapefile with the Current Administrative Boundaries of
National Park System Units.
Jeffrey Dahlin
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Dear Jonathan,
If you haven't already, you might look at the sources that LandScope
America (NatureServe) used for their "protected areas" layer (although
it only covers the continental US). It does not appear that the
compiled data set is being distributed, but the sources are provided
in the "map key & credits" (first link below). Perhaps it may be of
some use to you.
http://www.landscope.org/map_descriptions/protected_lands/18236/
http://www.landscope.org/map/
Sincerely,
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CBI has the Protected Areas Database (PAD) here:
http://www.consbio.org/what-we-do/protected-areas-database-pad-version-4
Nancy
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This was done for siting green energy:
http://www.consumerenergyreport.com/2009/04/02/new-google-earth-maps-show-where-renewable-energy-projects-can-be-built/
Natalie Dubois
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You can get the data for the protected areas in Mexico using this sites:
http://sig.conanp.gob.mx/website/anph/viewer.htm
http://sig.conanp.gob.mx/website/ramsar/viewer.htm
http://conabioweb.conabio.gob.mx/metacarto/metadatos.pl
They are in Spanish but I'm sure you can figure it out.
Best,
Charlotte
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Jonathan –
I’m new to Ecolog and don’t really know how to reply to the list, and
there was some problem withyour email in the Ecolog post, so I hope this
is the correct email for you (or that you are the correct Jonathan
Greenberg…)
You might want to check out
http://www.consbio.org/what-we-do/protected-areas-database-pad-version-4
there is also a global edition, about which I know nothing (see below) .
The ConservationBiology Database has been under development for several
years and I believe has benefited from collaboration and work across
multiple agencies and states. My understanding is that this is the best
there is; probably not100% perfect, but pretty dam good.
http://www.landcover.org/data/wdpa/
ROBIN
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Marc - yes, we're very aware of CBI. Their PAD is older data, long since
superceded by CPAD. CBI has been working on edits to CPAD dealing with Gap
scores, and is part of the national inventory effort I'm coordinating -
www.protectedlands.net for some more info..
Larry
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Aloha,
I am not sure that you were interested in marine protected areas. If you
are, my workplace has created gis data of oceanic reserves in the pacific.
http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/pibhmc/
Veronica Gibson
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Thanks to everyone who responded!
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